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High Priestly Prayer
The High Priestly Prayer is the extended prayer of Jesus Christ recorded in John 17. Jesus offered it just before his Passion for himself, for his disciples, and for those who would later believe. It takes its name from the idea that he intercedes for his people as a high priest does.
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- John 17Bible
John 17 records the prayer Jesus offered, lifting up his eyes to heaven, after concluding the Farewell Discourse. In it he asks for his own glorification, for the preservation and sanctification of his disciples, and for the unity of those who would later believe.
- John 17:21Bible Verses
John 17:21 is a verse from the prayer Jesus offered to the Father before his arrest, in which he asks that those who believe "all may be one" so that the world may believe. It serves as a motto of the ecumenical movement, and debate has centered on whether this unity should be understood as spiritual or as visible and institutional.
- John 17:20–23Bible Verses
A passage from the prayer Jesus offered just before his arrest, in which he asks that later believers, who would come to believe through the disciples' word, may be one as the Father and the Son are one, so that the world may believe. It is the text most frequently cited in discussions of church unity.
- Joiakim (High Priest)People
Joiakim succeeded to the office of high priest in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. He was the son of the high priest Jeshua and the father of Eliashib, and he appears only in Nehemiah 12.
- JehozadakPeople
Jehozadak was a priest of the Babylonian exile, a descendant of the high-priestly line, and the father of Joshua, the first high priest after the return from exile. He was carried away when Nebuchadnezzar took Judah captive.
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